Spring Fever 2016

Part of why I love early spring is I can still enjoy some naked trees which I like as well as ones beginning to flower.



I had a bad case of spring fever this week so I went for a lunch time walk at work.



When I primarily worked from home on the occasional days I had to work in the office I almost always went on photo walks.



Now that I'm working at the office every day I like to get in early and leave early to avoid the worse part of the traffic and don't usually go on lunch time walks.



I decided to bring my camera to work one day and go on a walk in honor of spring fever.



I don't take photographs all the time like I used to.



I do try to make sure not to miss captures of each season and seasonal changes.



Probably my favorite season isn't a season at all.



My favorite time is that in between point between each of the seasons.



I like the first flowers as well as the lingering bare places and waving brown grasses.



I started to say amber waves of grain and I do like the amber you sometimes get but I also like the browns and tans.



For me the dots of color here and there from early flowers are more beautiful when the winter hues and tones are also around.



I revel in each individual flower or flowering trees during early spring in ways that I don't during the peak growing season.



I'm the same way at the end of summer when the first fall leaves begin to change.



Seeing specific leaves that have changed to their fall colors and some of the late flowers that are hanging on after early frost delight me in a similar way to early spring.



I took so many shots during my lunch time walk this week that I didn't eat my sandwich until I was back at my desk working.



There are so many changes going on that I'm hoping we don't have anymore frost.



The next 10 days, if the forecast holds, will continue to be mild but we still have over three to four weeks to go until the average last frost date.



Although I only live less than 30 miles from where I work, the average last frost where I live is one week before the one where I work.



All of the shots above except for the first one were taken in Durham, NC during a walk this past week.



The previous shot and the rest of the shots were taken in Raleigh, NC where I live.



This is certainly becoming a long illustration of spring fever.



Although some of the Japanese Magnolias don't have very many blooms due to early buds getting zapped by low temperatures in winter, there are still a fair amount in my neighborhood.



The next several shots were taken at Logan Trading Center today (Saturday) in Raleigh.



Bill was picking up garlic and periwinkle and I picked up some wildflower seeds.



The painted scene in the background of the next shot is on a trailer.



I guess I'll end with one last shot I took after returning to my neighborhood.